Green Bay's Lombardi

This is a recent painting that I completed.  It is special to me on several levels.  First, as someone interested in football, Vince Lombardi is considered one of the all-time great football coaches in the NFL and one of my favorites.  Second, I started doing this one as a pencil sketch, but on June 20, 2012, Leroy Neiman passed away.  I have always admired his work and have mentioned him in the comments of another football painting on this blog.   In a tribute to Neiman, I tried to do this one in my interpretation of Neiman's style.  The title of this one is not "Green Bay's Lombardi".   The title is, "Green Bay's LOMBARDI!" in the voice of NFL Films, John Facenda.  He was the narrator on all the NFL Highlight films that I used to watch growing up.  Many fans called him "The Voice of God" (My friend, Frank Gruber knows exactly what I am talking about.)  So enjoy--"Green Bay's LOMBARDI!"